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Union Minister and West Bengal BJP President Sukanta Majumdar alleged that stones and shoes were thrown at him by Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers during his visit to Budge Budge when he was returning after meeting an injured BJP worker.
"I will inform the Home Ministry about this entire situation. They are doing such acts to destroy democracy. Bricks, stones, shoes were thrown at me. TMC sponsors the entire demonstration... Most of them must be people from Bangladesh who are doing hooliganism here," Union Minister Majumdar said. He further said that police were inactive and did not ake any action against the miscreants. "Yesterday our workers participated in an all-party meeting where they were invited by the Block Development Officer...They were abducted, beaten brutally...Four workers of our party have been brutally beaten...There is no law and order in the state. Police is not doing anything. They were doing nothing. They should have dispersed the rioters," he said. Earlier West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday condemned the idea of observing June 25 as "Samvidhan Hatya Diwas" and said that she objected to the name. She questioned if democracy prevailed in the country under the current government. "The Central government says that it will celebrate Samvidhan Hatya Diwas on completing 50 years of Emergency this year. I object to the statement 'Samvidhan Hatya'. The Constitution is the basis of our rights; it is the mother of democracy. How can they call it Samvidhan Hatya?" he asked. Last week, the Centre announced that 25 will be observed as "Samvidhaan Hatya Diwas"(Constitution Murder Day) to pay tributes to all those who suffered and fought against the gross abuse of power during the period of Emergency 1975.The government said that every year on June 25, the country will remember the great contribution of those who endured the "inhuman pain" of the Emergency of 1975. A notification has also been issued by the Government of India to celebrate June 25 as 'Samvidhaan Hatya Diwas'. (ANI)
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